I didn't know there was a "X-MEN DAY"? Celebrating the launch of tickets on sale for DARK PHOENIX, and probably the end of the X-Men license (hur), 20th Century Fox has since declared May 13th to be "X-Men Day", and we have a Twitterful of homage art and flashback visuals and testimonies.
Shown up top is artist Adam Kubert taking a look back at the iconic imagery and incredible creative team behind the 90s run of X-MEN - AKA "comicbook source", while directly below is "The X-Men Legacy" from 20th Century FOX, which looks back at the celluloid incarnations thru the years, in anticipation of the June 7th U.S. premiere for "Dark Phoenix", cheers.
As "corny" as it seems on the surface, the reality is that it is a literal end of an "era", as the merry band of mutants return to Marvel (courtesy of being purchased by Disney), and we will see a brand new generation of X-Men on screen in the future, quite literally after "Dark Phoenix". Even if "New Mutants" ever get released on screen, they will also be brand new faces previously unseen in the franchise with FOX, so that might be an interesting "starting point", if ever Disney decides to do so ... no doubt the MCU has their own cinematic plans, so we'll see what incarnation greets us in the future ...
